Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-21
The PASSIONATE POETESS.
Ella Wheeler Writes Spicy Letter Of Some
Things She Saw.
All About Beauty In tho Water
How the Gtrls Bathe-Bome
Spicy Points on Seaside
Pleasures.

Eieasures'
SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, N. ~ AusuS'
TO- Special Correspondence TO the BEE.l-
Fashion has decreed that ocean-bathlng is
ro ionasr .4he thing, ~ do Vet 40 health
NO longer the tn,ns ouo' lv, .,,, 'V " oa 'e.
ful ana invigorating CUSTOM Will ue iohs III
wholly dying out.
Here at Shelter Island, where two bun
dred cottages and two large hotels people
vou Wy" ,..., .vs'"eoo ',s .'.,, e.. It,. -
WIS ht'io PaiauiSo WIN ~ io"os o's"' n".
dred souls during the season" the Deach Is
well crowded with merry bathers every fore
noon.
Stir. T., tim r.v,,,or and ,v.,c,,ro them
sport IN the Drlny wave, 1 could not heip
ticularly critical In some things. should have
70 long ignored the vulgarities Of the ocean
bath Here men and women, young girls
and youths half nude, and with the covered
their clinging wet robs mix and mingle and
indulge In fainliarities which would not be
tolerated on land.
A pretty young lady swan from the beach beach
she clambered up on the pavilion with ten or
twelve others Of both sexes. Here, in full
Sight of all the spectators on shore and all
s s sn .sss sAs hs sG s III! spr o ns
Stocking, which had become lo0sened with
the effort Of swimming. She did this with
the utmost nonchalance; yet just imagine
the sensation It would cause II she should
perform this same harmless little toilet act
on the veranda, In presence of the same
audiencel She would be cut dead by every
woman, and quite likely requested to leave
the hotel Ys dS%D # any one s OesGs sts
performance~it is such an everyday occur
renee. do not wish to seem hypercritical,
a seve er p4"GS efs1 hs %Un
dsring why the same act is deemed proper in
one place and vulgar in another.
Only last week, l heard a young miss de.
unless he were a relative or very dear friend.
~ don't like and won't tolerate any man in
such close proximity to me-" she said, 'un-
less he is . relative"
Yesterday, saw her swim 10 the shore
with male escort who was not a relative,
and II seemed to me the situation held .
; good deal more OF unpleasantiy familiarity
then any waltz ever Sas sat
very thin garment, which exposed his
brawny arms and bony neck and unlOvely
close to This his body, and displayed his entire
:, anstomy with unbiushlng distin ctness. Her
own pretty arms were bare to the shoulder,
and as she sat curled up in the sand, one
graceful limbs and rounded shape. But
again fell to making comparisons.
s'SuppOse" said, mentally, ''that young
the halls of the hotel arrayed precisely as ne
is now-she would run screaming TO her
room, indignant and alarmed. Ii lie should
approach her in that attire on the lawn and
attempt to sit down beside her, she would
call . policeman to arrest him. Queer, is
. not it?''
Some Of the young ladies who have heard
that bathing Is not as fashionable as 1t used
TO be-unwiling to be independent yet
more unwilling to abandon the delight of
) daily swim-choose an afternoon hour when
other people are mapping, and paddle about
in pretty costumes with no male spectators,
N Or at least only an accidental one;
they would not be introduced to or dance
with any strangers at the hop given In honor
OF q Yachting club recently,
W This led happily married matron to dis
2 cuss the proprieties with me-
~ like TO see girls prudent" she said, "but
Il seems to me young people do not have